In April, Los Angeles’s Eric Garcetti traveled around Des Moines for two days, shaking hands with Democratic activists at a dive bar, rubbing shoulders with firefighters and union members, and attending an LGBTQ gala.

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Origin and Etymology of shake

Middle English, from Old English sceacan; akin to Old Norse skaka to shake

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